diff --git a/src/elf.cc b/src/elf.cc
index 5acfc8c..c6ebab2 100644
--- a/src/elf.cc
+++ b/src/elf.cc
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ string_view ElfFile::Section::GetName() const {
 string_view ElfFile::Section::ReadString(Elf64_Word index) const {
   assert(header().sh_type == SHT_STRTAB);
 
-  if (index == SHN_UNDEF || index >= contents_.size()) {
+  if (index >= contents_.size()) {
     THROWF("can't read index $0 from strtab, total size is $1", index,
            contents_.size());
   }
@@ -972,8 +972,7 @@ static void ReadELFSymbolTableEntries(const ElfFile& elf,
     section.ReadSymbol(i, &sym, &sym_range);
 
     if (ELF64_ST_TYPE(sym.st_info) == STT_SECTION ||
-        sym.st_shndx == STN_UNDEF ||
-        sym.st_name == SHN_UNDEF) {
+        sym.st_shndx == STN_UNDEF) {
       continue;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/elf/unnamed_symbol.test b/tests/elf/unnamed_symbol.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f7fa35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/elf/unnamed_symbol.test
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Test that bloaty handles symbols with no name (st_name == 0) by creating a
+# synthetic name.
+
+# RUN: %yaml2obj %s -o %t.obj
+# RUN: %bloaty %t.obj -d symbols | %FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: named_symbol
+# CHECK: [Anonymous symbol #1]
+
+--- !ELF
+FileHeader:
+  Class:           ELFCLASS64
+  Data:            ELFDATA2LSB
+  Type:            ET_REL
+  Machine:         EM_X86_64
+Sections:
+  - Name:            .text
+    Type:            SHT_PROGBITS
+    Flags:           [ SHF_ALLOC, SHF_EXECINSTR ]
+    AddressAlign:    0x10
+    Content:         '9090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090'
+Symbols:
+  - StName:          0
+    Type:            STT_FUNC
+    Section:         .text
+    Value:           0x0
+    Size:            0x10
+  - Name:            named_symbol
+    Type:            STT_FUNC
+    Section:         .text
+    Value:           0x10
+    Size:            0x10